Moose Creek vs South Van Horn

A side-by-side comparison of Moose Creek and South Van Horn: population, income, housing, and more.

Moose Creek and South Van Horn are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Van Horn has the higher population (354 vs 332 in Moose Creek). Moose Creek has the higher median household income ($86,607 vs $66,944 in South Van Horn). Since 2019, South Van Horn's population has grown faster (-28.2% vs -58.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Moose Creek	South Van Horn
Population	332	354
Median age	31.0 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,607	$66,944
Median home value	$233,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,368	—
Housing units	269	212
Homeownership rate	55.2%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moose Creek	South Van Horn
Population	795 → 332 (-58.2%)	493 → 354 (-28.2%)
Median household income	$64,293 → $86,607 (+34.7%)	$71,875 → $66,944 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$205,400 → $233,900 (+13.9%)	$25,300 → $25,800 (+2.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,368 (+17.5%)	—

Moose Creek

Population

795332

Median household income

$64,293$86,607

Median home value

$205,400$233,900

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,368

South Van Horn

Population

493354

Median household income

$71,875$66,944

Median home value

$25,300$25,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moose Creek	South Van Horn
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	33.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	5.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	17.5%	16.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	22.6%
75 and over	9.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moose Creek	South Van Horn
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	81.9%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	9.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	8.5%
Two or more races	11.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moose Creek	South Van Horn
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	59.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moose Creek	South Van Horn
Drove alone	79.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	7.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moose Creek	South Van Horn
1-unit, detached	38.3%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	54.2%

Poverty & households

	Moose Creek	South Van Horn
Poverty rate	15.7%	7.1%
Average household size	1.91	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	13
Median year structure built	1981	1973